“Dynamic Earth: Volcano Sapas Mons on Venus” by National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
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Title:
- Dynamic Earth: Volcano Sapas Mons on Venus
Company / Institution / Agency:
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Description:
This visualization excerpt from the Dynamic Earth full-dome production takes viewers across the hostile surface of Venus to the Sapas Mons crater, where a volcano spews smoke and lava. NASA’s Magellan Mission provided topography data for Venus, and scientist David Grinspoon from the Denver Museum advised the NCSA visualization team.
Additional Contributors:
NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab: Donna Cox, AJ Christensen, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, Alex Betts, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, David Grinspoon
Dynamic Earth is a
fulldome production of
Spitz Creative Media
NCSA, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
NASA Scientific
Visualization Studio
Thomas Lucas
Productions, Inc.
In association with Denver Museum of Nature and Science